Merton Center Manuscripts:

'Arasteh, A. Reza, 1927-1992'

Abdol Reza Arasteh was born in Shiraz, Iran, in 1927. He had studied both Eastern and Western psychology and seemed to bridge Merton's earlier interest in psychology with his later interest in Sufism, Zen and other eastern traditions. He lived a number of years in the United States and became a citizen in 1976. (Source: The Hidden Ground of Love, p. 40-41.)